Photoshop – Filters

Computer Information Technology

Section 7-9

Objectives

The student will:1. Know how to work with filters

2. Know how to use the filter gallery

3. Understand Smart Filters

Photoshop Filters• Filters allow you to apply artistic effects

to images– Make images look like they were sketched

with chalk, drawn with a graphic pen, have a texture, have a perspective added, etc.

Filter Basics

• Filters are accessed through the Filter menu.– When you select certain filters the Filter

Gallery opens up – Other filters open dialog boxes – Some don’t open anything

• Filters are applied to the current layer• Some filters only work in RGB mode

Adding a Cloud Filter

• Cloud Filters can be used to create interesting backgrounds– The Cloud Filter generates a cloud

pattern using random values selected from the foreground and background colors.

– To change the opacity of clouds you click on Edit>Fade Clouds

Using the Filter Gallery

• Access the filter gallery from Filter>Filter Gallery…

• The filter gallery allows you to:– Apply more than 1 filter to an image– Rearrange the order the filters are

applied• Different effects.

• Filter Gallery always applies the last used filters.

Using the Filter Gallery – Multiple Filters

• Filters have different effects depending on the order in which they are applied.– Like layers you change the order by

dragging the filter to where you want it to be.

• If you don’t want the same selections as the previous filter, do NOT select the top Filter>Filter Gallery– Select Filter>Filter Gallery…

Smart Filters

• Note that the filters applied were destructive.– The original image has been lost

• Just like smart objects you can apply smart filters.

• Before applying the filter click on Filter > Convert for Smart Filters.– Changes the layer to a smart object

Smart Filters

• Once a smart filter is set it can be changed– Right Click on Filter Gallery and choose

Edit Smart Filter• Blending options can also be applied

to a smart filter by Edit Smart Filter Blending Options– Opacity

Summary

• Filters allow the addition of special effects to layers

• Adding filters is a destructive edit• Smart Filters allow for non-

destructive edits• Vanishing Points allow for the

addition of perspective into a layer

Rest of Today• Finish your Africa scene with smart

objects and show it to me– 3 animals must be added to the image

• Download ps1102 from the web site…– Add different smart filters to all 3

monsters– For 10 points extra credit render

clouds on the sky layer